Sundara Ramaiah, M.Madhusudan, V.Bhojraj Naidu, N.Sivasamban, M.A.2014-09-122014-09-122007Proceedings of the national symposium on plantation cropshttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5652Several paints based on cardanol and 3-pentadecylphenol (3-PDP) media were prepared and their characteristics determined. The effect of the modification of the media with alkyd resin was studied. All the paints were subjected to accelerated weathering for 1500 hours. The results indicated that 3-PDP media-based paints excelled in weathering performance over the cardamol varnish paints. Further improvement in weathering properties was also achieved with a partial blending of alkyds into the former paints showing thereby that 3-PDP media based paints with/without blending of alkyd were better than those based on cardanol varnish media.enArticle